ELEVATING POTENTIAL Equip yourself with the critical skills to supercharge your work performance and enhance your long-term career prospects

You can’t skip the journey…but you can accelerate it

During any absent-minded scroll through Twitter these days, you are likely to encounter a tweet with a structure like this.

I launched, built and sold seven $1bn start-ups in 3 years.

I’m sharing 10 things I learnt the hard way, so you don’t have to.

[A thread]

This type of tweet suggests that fulfillment can be attained by standing on the shoulders of supposed giants. That it’s possible to circumnavigate some of the tough stuff in life. It’s commendable that these altruistic individuals want to save us the inconvenience of expending effort.

This philosophy bleeds into other areas of our lives. We demand instant weight loss, rapid promotions, express delivery and immediate gratification in personal and professional settings. However this ‘silver bullet’ mindset tends to neglect a critical component. That in our haste to reach the promised land, this desire for ‘instant success’ denigrates the value of the learning process. Despite the Twittersphere’s protestations to the contrary, we all know that it’s the journey that offers the richest experiences, not the destination.

But let’s be honest. This world is becoming less tolerant of the virtue of patience. Being told to wait your turn, stay in your lane, gather experience and have faith in the future is met with a healthy dose of scorn. And this restlessness is understandable. There are pressures at work and at home. Bills are rising, and so are the expectations of workplace performance.

You can’t skip the journey. But it is possible to accelerate the process.

Challenges; old and new
We now face particular modern pressures, such as leading teams in hybrid environments, managing your own workload, structuring your days and managing the impact of technological distraction. These combine with age-old challenges including working effectively with others, self-development and managing stress and burnout.

Yet so many well-intentioned businesses are preoccupied with the demands of their day to day responsibilities. They demand high performers but lack the strategy and structure to create a high performance environment. It’s time-consuming to design and provide learning programmes that engage, excite and inspire top performers. Yet still the best talent demands meaningful professional progress…and their patience is wearing thin!

Employers want immediate improvement in their teams.

Employees want immediate improvement in their skillset and prospects.

Our ability to combat these pressing challenges should not be left to chance and time to resolve.

Solving the most pressing problems

We can address these challenges head on, right now. Through 4and20Million’s learning programme for high performers – Elevating Potential.

Most people want to acquire new skills, and quickly. But it can be hard to know where to start, particularly if you’re repeatedly told that you need to take personal responsibility for your own development. Depending on your role, you’ll need industry knowledge, technical qualifications and accumulated wisdom as a starting point. Yet once these building blocks are in place, many of us are held back by more universal ‘human skills’ that make the difference between competence and high performance:

Public speaking – and crafting a compelling narrative

Managing others – delivering feedback, building rapport, nurturing development, building strong teams

Self-management – growing self-awareness and emotional intelligence, avoiding burnout and achieving growth goals

These skills are the focus of Elevating Potential. This is a learning and development programme designed for ambitious professionals who want to develop the skills that will enable them to excel in the world of modern work, with immediate benefits for the individual and their company.

Suitable for individuals looking to join a cohort of like-minded ambitious professionals, or businesses seeking to send their top performers on a career-enhancing journey, the benefits of Elevating Potential are clear.

Simple: Straightforward access to an inspiring, wide-ranging programme without the need to engage multiple external training providers.

Supportive: Participants receive long-term support from 4and20Million and access to a supportive peer group. The limited cohort size enables participants to build confidence, apply their skills and share development stories throughout the duration of the programme.

Supercharged: Each module is designed to make an immediate and lasting impact. Elevating Potential will accelerate personal development and provide guidance to help people overcome the biggest barriers of career development.

Elevating Potential equips ambitious professionals with lasting skills to help them overcome common career challenges, excel in their roles and boost their prospects.

You won’t be able to skip the journey, but you can accelerate your progressional progress.

For full details, further information and learning more about how to boost your career prospects, please contact:

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